Estimating low pay transition probabilities accounting for endogenous selection mechanisms Export

@article{citeulike:2427947, abstract = {Summary. We propose a model of transitions into and out of low paid employment that accounts for non-ignorable panel dropout, employment retention and base year low pay status ('initial conditions'). The model is fitted to data for men from the British Household Panel Survey. Initial conditions and employment retention are found to be non-ignorable selection processes. Whether panel dropout is found to be ignorable depends on how item non-response on pay is treated. Notwithstanding these results, we also find that models incorporating a simpler approach to accounting for non-ignorable selections provide estimates of covariate effects that differ very little from the estimates from the general model.}, address = {Universit Cattolica di Milano, Italy, and University of Essex, Colchester, UK; University of Essex, Colchester, UK}, author = {Cappellari, Lorenzo and Jenkins, Stephen P.}, citeulike-article-id = {2427947}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9876.2007.00607.x}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpl/rssc/2008/00000057/00000002/art00003}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/119396484/ABSTRACT}, doi = {10.1111/j.1467-9876.2007.00607.x}, issn = {1467-9876}, journal = {Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C (Applied Statistics)}, keywords = {attrition, income, poverty, probit}, month = {April}, number = {2}, pages = {165--186}, posted-at = {2009-07-15 07:58:57}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Blackwell Publishing}, title = {Estimating low pay transition probabilities accounting for endogenous selection mechanisms}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9876.2007.00607.x}, volume = {57}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2427947 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2427947 N2 - Summary. We propose a model of transitions into and out of low paid employment that accounts for non-ignorable panel dropout, employment retention and base year low pay status ('initial conditions'). The model is fitted to data for men from the British Household Panel Survey. Initial conditions and employment retention are found to be non-ignorable selection processes. Whether panel dropout is found to be ignorable depends on how item non-response on pay is treated. Notwithstanding these results, we also find that models incorporating a simpler approach to accounting for non-ignorable selections provide estimates of covariate effects that differ very little from the estimates from the general model. IS - 2 JF - Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C (Applied Statistics) SN - 1467-9876 AD - Universit Cattolica di Milano, Italy, and University of Essex, Colchester, UK; University of Essex, Colchester, UK EP - 186 TI - Estimating low pay transition probabilities accounting for endogenous selection mechanisms PB - Blackwell Publishing VL - 57 SP - 165 KW - attrition KW - income KW - poverty KW - probit AU - Cappellari, Lorenzo AU - Jenkins, Stephen PY - 2008/04// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9876.2007.00607.x ER -